Begonia ‘Torsa’

Begonia ‘Torsa’

This begonia is classified as ‘tuberous, first-generation hybrid, tall-growing’ by the Thompsons. Its flowers are pink and blooms moderately in the late summer and fall. It’s parentage is B. evansiana X B. ‘Bhotan species’. B. evansiana (= B. grandis ssp. evansiana)...
Begonia taliensis

Begonia taliensis

B. taliensis is a tuberous species from China which grows in shrubberies or mixed forests at high altitudes (about 6,000 feet). It was published by Gagnepain in the Bulletin of the Paris Museum of Natural History in 1919. The leaves are basal in that they all come out...
Begonia picta

Begonia picta

Begonia picta is a tuberous species that was discovered in the high Himalayan foothills. It was published in 1807, making it one the earliest published begonias in any of the groups. The Thompsons, in their BEGONIAS: A Complete Reference Guide classify B. picta as a...
Begonia sutherlandii

Begonia sutherlandii

This plant was described by J.D.Hooker in 1868. It comes from an elevation between 3,500 and 5,000 feet in the Natal province of South Africa. It was collected prior to that and even offered for sale in the United States around 1865. In 1961 Irmscher did an extensive...

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